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So last night I was chopping shallots for the first time. I'm familiar with onions, being an amateur home cook, and I know all about the burning eyes, and some of the tips to avoid it like not cutting the root.
However when it was mincing shallots it was like somebody set of a chemical weapon in my kitchen! My eyes were watering and burning so badly that I couldn't see, and what's worse, I could feel it burning in my throat and it nearly made me gag.
My question is, are Shallots ALWAYS this bad or did I end up with a bad one or what? There's a lot of recipes that require shallots and I don't know if I'll ever be able to use them again after that experience.
However when it was mincing shallots it was like somebody set of a chemical weapon in my kitchen! My eyes were watering and burning so badly that I couldn't see, and what's worse, I could feel it burning in my throat and it nearly made me gag.
My question is, are Shallots ALWAYS this bad or did I end up with a bad one or what? There's a lot of recipes that require shallots and I don't know if I'll ever be able to use them again after that experience.